Apparatus for selecting an operating mode of a recording and reproducing system for a cassette tape recorder

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EP 0 580 031 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	27.07.1994 Bulletin 1994/30

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	26.01.1994 Bulletin 1994/04

(21)	Application number: 93110954.0

(22)	Date of filing: 08.07.1993

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁵: G11B 15/10, G11B 15/44, G11B 15/29

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	DE FR GB

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Priority:

10.07.1992 JP 207596/92

(71)	Applicants:
	PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION Meguro-ku Tokyo (JP) TOHOKU PIONEER ELECTRONIC CORPORATION Tendo-shi, Yamagata-Ken (JP)

(72)	Inventors:
	Shibata, Masanori, c/o Tohoku Pioneer Electronic Yamagata-ken (JP) Umetsu, Shigeo, c/o Tohoku Pioneer Electronic Yamagata-ken (JP) Suzuki, Shinichi c/o Tohoku Pioneer Elec. Corp. Yamagata-ken (JP) Sato, Michihiro c/o Tohoku Pioneer Elec. Corp. Yamagata-ken (JP) Saito, Kazuhiro c/o Tohoku Pioneer Elec. Corp. Yamagata-ken (JP) Akama, Hiroyuki c/o Tohoku Pioneer Elec. Corp. Yamagata-ken (JP)

(74)	Representative: Popp, Eugen, Dr. et al
	MEISSNER, BOLTE & PARTNER Widenmayerstrasse 48 80538 München 80538 München (DE)

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(54)	Apparatus for selecting an operating mode of a recording and reproducing system for a cassette tape recorder

(57) A mode control ring (200) having cams for operating various devices in a cassette tape recorder is rotatably mounted on a base plate (160). A normal pinch device (450) and a reverse pinch device (400) are mounted on the base plate. Each of the pinch devices comprises a capstan (600, 650), a pinch roller (420, 470) provided on a swing lever so as to be engaged with the capstan, and an idler (604, 654) provided to be engaged with a reel gear (605, 655). A power transmitting device (601, 612, 651) is provided for transmitting a driving power from a motor (150) to each capstan. The normal pinch device (450), reverse pinch device (400) are disposed along the circumference of the mode control ring (200), and each swing lever (410, 460) is arranged so as to be moved in the radial direction of the mode control ring (200).

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